wheel around

To turn quickly to face another direction.

• He wheeled around at the noise.
• The horse wheeled around and ran back.
• She wheels around whenever someone calls her name.

How to use it: wheel around to do something (She wheeled around to face him.)

Similar words: spin around, turn around

Common phrases: wheel around suddenly, wheel around to look

To move someone or something between places using a chair, cart, or other equipment with wheels.

• I wheeled the cart around.
• She wheeled her father around the garden.
• Can you wheel these supplies around to the kitchen?

How to use it: wheel someone/something around somewhere (The nurse wheeled him around the hospital.)

Similar words: push around, transport

Common phrases: wheel around something, wheel around someone

To make someone or something turn quickly to face another direction.

• She wheeled the chair around.
• He wheeled his horse around to face the gate.
• Can you wheel the cart around in this narrow space?

How to use it: wheel something around (He wheeled his horse around and rode away.)

Similar words: turn around, spin around

Common phrases: wheel around something, wheel around a horse

In dancing, to turn halfway around together, holding hands, with the left dancer moving backward and the right forward.

• The couple wheeled around together.
• Hold hands and wheel around when the caller tells you.
• We practiced wheeling around, with me moving backward and my partner forward.

Common phrases: wheel around together, wheel around with someone